# "Surprised", Eddie? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 9, 2010, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprised-eddie/563595 "2010-12-09T23:21:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2010, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprised-eddie/563595/41 "2010-12-13T15:06:09Z")
> [@Capitaine\_Zombie](#): > > Is it normal if I dont understand even one post in this thread? > **[National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989) ⭐ 7.5 | Comedy](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097958/)** > > 1h 37m | PG-13 Would be my guess. ---
**Author:** ![KennerTheGreat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a8b319/32.png) [@KennerTheGreat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KennerTheGreat)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2010, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprised-eddie/563595/42 "2010-12-13T15:27:51Z")
Get me somebody. Anybody. And get me somebody while I’m waiting. ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2010, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprised-eddie/563595/43 "2010-12-13T17:39:00Z")
Fixed the newel post! ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2010, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprised-eddie/563595/44 "2010-12-13T17:57:00Z")
It’s Clark Griswold, Mr. Shirley. . . Well, what is it, Greaseball?! ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2010, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprised-eddie/563595/45 "2010-12-14T03:13:49Z")
If only I had that money Catherine and I gave to that TV preacher who was screwin’ that hockey player. ---
**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2010, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprised-eddie/563595/46 "2010-12-14T16:05:48Z")
> [@FrigidLizard](#): > > 🙂 I’m glad I’m not the only one who heard the OP quote that way. Me too! ---
**Author:** ![robby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robby/32/11048_2.png) [@robby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robby)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2010, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprised-eddie/563595/47 "2010-12-14T16:51:18Z")
> [@Winnie](#): > > Where do you think you’re going to put a tree that big, Griswold? > Bend over and I’ll show ya. “You’ve got a lot of nerve talking to me like that, Griswold!” “I wasn’t talking to you.” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![FrancisCastle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b4bc9f/32.png) [@FrancisCastle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FrancisCastle)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2010, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprised-eddie/563595/48 "2010-12-14T17:04:17Z")
“Oh Aunt Bethany, you shouldn’t have done that.” “Oh dear, did I break wind?” ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2010, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprised-eddie/563595/49 "2010-12-14T17:38:26Z")
She wrapped up her damn cat! ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2010, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprised-eddie/563595/50 "2010-12-19T23:34:36Z")
What are you looking at? Oh, the silent majesty of a winter’s morn… the clean, cool chill of the holiday air… and an asshole in his bathrobe, emptying a chemical toilet into my sewer… ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2010, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprised-eddie/563595/51 "2010-12-20T01:35:24Z")
And WHY is there WATER all over the FLOOR, Todd? I don’t KNOW, Margo. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2010, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprised-eddie/563595/52 "2010-12-20T03:00:34Z")
To interrupt the quotefest for a moment: This movie and _Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade_ are the two movies I remember seeing at a drive-in theater near my home. It’s long since shut down, but I’ll always associate these two films with that place… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprised-eddie/563595.md?page=2)